Jack drops by Carly's and asks her if she wants a coffee and a talk about where they stand. Molly bustles in so Jack makes himself scarce. Molly apologizes for ruining the moment. Her cousin fills her in one things getting better with Jack and then Molly tells her that she feels bad for throwing a big wedding with everything that's going on. Carly encourages her to pursue her fairytale ending. Gwen shows up at the door and Carly starts to scream giddily. They sit down and Carly fills her in on everything that's happened in the last year. Even with all of that, Gwen doesn't understand why she isn't with Jack. She suggests that fate will lead them back together. Carly just wants to concentrate on business right now.

Will drops by the station to see Jack. He tells him that his mother seems to have disappeared. Jack offers to look into it.

At the station, Craig tells Lily that Jack is trying to take out his hostility against him on Gabriel. Jack comes out and explains that his son was arrested for taking part in an illegal poker game. Craig demands to see his son. After he leaves, Lily asks Jack if she can help. He asks about her new business with Carly and says he trusts her to keep Craig out of it.

Craig and Gabriel are in the interrogation room. Craig offers to help him out if he'll give him a chance. He gets his son to confirm that he was gambling with the money Lucinda bribed him with. Gabriel explains that he did it to help Liberty pay for college. Craig wanders off to Jack and asks him if he is still willing to let Gabriel work for him at the farm. Jack refuses. Craig explains what Gabriel wanted to use the money for. The cop says that doesn't matter but Craig begs him to help his son until Jack gives in.

Parker goes to see Jack at the station and tells him he's not going to New York. Jack wonders what changed. Parker explains that Liberty doesn't want to go. Jack tells him he shouldn't pin all his hopes on one girl. "Look who's talking," Parker shoots back.

Parker and Jack go to Carly's so he can tell his mom he's not going. She accuses Jack of being behind this. They bicker and she says that one of them should get what they want. Parker tells them they are both right and then leaves. Carly asks Jack to stay for coffee and a talk. He has to take a rain check.

At the farm, Jack offers to fix up the cabin for Janet, Liberty and the baby. He makes it clear he won't be living there though. Liberty walks in and suggests they hire Gabriel to do the work. Both are leery, but after Janet walks away, Jack notes how smitten Liberty is with Craig's son.

Jack comes to the house as Carly makes a call to set up her and Lily's website. He assumes she's spending Craig's money, but she corrects him saying it's Lily's. She then throws Janet living at the farm in his face. He explains Janet learned about Dusty funding her inheritance and needed a place to stay. They argue about the situation, as well as Parker going to New York. Jack didn't want to fight with her, he wanted to find a way back to what they used to be. Carly doesn't know how that can happen when he disapproves of everything she does. She tells him he can't live apart from her and expect her to wait patiently for him. She's trying to figure out how to live without him even though it's hard. Carly gets a business call and Jack leaves.

The cops bring Gabriel and the other players to the station and Jack asks them to leave the boy with him.